KNOTT'S BERRY FARM: Snoopy rocks in 'Unleashed' ice show

When Snoopy drinks too much root beer at Peppermint Patty's, his owner Charlie Brown tries to control him by walking him home on a leash.

But Snoopy is way too cool to put up with that indignity, and when he gets lose he's ready to rock.

That's the setup for "Snoopy...Unleashed," the new ice show this summer in the Charles M. Schulz Theatre at Knott's Berry Farm.

Peanuts ice shows are at tradition at Knott's. But this year the park and Woodstock Ice Productions, run by Schultz's daughter Jill Schulz-Transki, decided to make sure Snoopy is the coolest beagle on blades by giving him a high-energy pop rock score.

This show strays a long way from Peanuts' traditional music territory, and Knott's can probably boast that it has the only family-friendly show that includes the Rolling Stones "Paint it Black."

After the cartoon intro described above, Snoopy's doghouse transforms into a drum set, and Snoopy is joined by a cast of 13 skaters and a drum ensemble that marches through the aisles.

Other segments find Snoopy as a Las Vegas-style magician and a TV chef in a reality series parody called "Heck's Kitchen."

The bid include a giant oven that opens to reveal a line of chorus girls dressed as dog biscuits and a soloist skating in a Michael Jackson costume to "Eat It," Weird Al Yankovic's parody of "Beat It."

The show ends with Snoopy as Joe Cool wearing a giant pair of illuminated sun glasses and proving his coolness "Gangnam Style."

Audiences always react like Pavlov's dog to that viral web dance, but Friday night's preview audience seemed to be impressed by the entire show.

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